Home Office

Refugees: Families

Angus Brendan MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) decisions on, and (b) grants of, applications for refugee family reunion were made at (i) Istanbul Clearance, (ii) Amman Clearance, (iii) Pretoria Clearance and (iv) Sheffield Decision Making Centre in 2017.

Angus Brendan MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries are applications for refugee family reunion designated to be decided by the Sheffield Decision Making Centre.

Angus Brendan MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's report, A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre, published on 5 September 2018, for what reason the proportion of refugee family reunion applications being decided at the Sheffield Decision Making Centre has increased.

Caroline Nokes: Statistics on refugee family reunion can be found in Home Office Asylum tables volume 5, table as_21_q –https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.odsInformation can also be found in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report: A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdfUK Visas and Immigration are currently in the process of consolidating Family Reunion applications so that decision making is carried out by one specialist team based in the UK.

Home Office: EU Law

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2018 to Question 136551, on EU Law, what the nine regulations mentioned in this answer are.

Caroline Nokes: The Answer of 18 April to Question 136551 indicated that 5 regulations had been laid with a further 4 regulations intended in 2018. To date, 8 of the 9 regulations have been laid. These 8 regulations introduced by the Home Office as a result of EU legislation since 23 June 2016 are:The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2017The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017The Transfer for Determination of an Application for International Protection (Detention) (Significant Risk of Absconding Criteria) Regulations 2017The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 – implementing Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014The Passenger Name Record and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 / Immigration and Police (Passenger, Crew and Service Information) (Amendment) Order 2018Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 implementing Directive 2002/58/EC and related EU law on privacy and data protection.In addition, the Home Office currently intends to lay a further 3 regulations:Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA of 30　November 2009  EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (2011)  Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016

Home Office: Sick Leave

Justin Madders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.

Victoria Atkins: The number of working days lost due to the sickness absence reason of Mental Health issues between 2011-12 and 2016-17 in the Home Office is set out in the table enclosed.In the Home Office we are committed to breaking down barriers and reducing stigma for those staff living with mental health conditions. We aim to equip managers to recognise and address stress in the workplace, and encourage employees to talk to their managers about mental health issues so that they can access help and support at the earliest stage. 



Table - Sickness Absence Mental Health Issues 
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Ministry of Justice

Berwyn Prison

Liz Saville Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have visited HMP Berwyn since February 2017.

Rory Stewart: The Secretary of State for Justice (a) and Ministers in the department (b) have not visited HMP Berwyn since February 2017. The Minister of State intends to visit before the end of the year.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Peers

Justin Madders: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies.

George Eustice: The Department does not hold a definitive central record of all those who hold roles, either paid or unpaid, who are members of the House of Lords. One of the Department’s Ministers is a member of the House of Lords - Lord Gardiner of Kimble; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity. There are 2 members of the House of Lords who are appointed as non-executive Board members across Defra’s Executive Agencies, non-Ministerial Departments and executive Non Departmental Public Bodies.